Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is no longer in a life-threatening condition after being shot several times, the deputy prime minister has said.
Tomas Taraba told the BBC Mr Fico's surgery had gone "Well" and "I guess that at the end he will survive".
On Wednesday, Mr Fico was shot five times and seriously injured in what has been called a politically motivated assassination attempt.
A suspect was detained at the scene, in the small town of Handlova.
Following the shooting, Mr Fico was rushed to hospital and spent several hours in surgery "Fighting for his life", according to Defence Minister Robert Kalinak, who spoke at a news conference from outside the hospital where Mr Fico was being treated on Wednesday.
There has been no official update on the prime minister's condition since then, but his second-in-command has since told the BBC's Newshour programme that Mr Fico was "Not in [a] life-threatening situation at this moment".
"As far as I know, the operation went well and I guess that in the end, he will survive," Mr Taraba said.
Mr Taraba added that the prime minister was shot "From very close" and that "One bullet went through the stomach and the second one hit the joint".
Police have not yet identified the alleged suspect. Unconfirmed local media reports say he was a 71-year-old writer and political activist.
A video being widely circulated on Slovak media purports to feature the suspect.
In the footage, the man says he disagrees with government policy and its stance towards state media. The BBC does not know if the person in the video is the perpetrator who was detained at the scene nor the circumstances under which it was filmed.
The shooting came on the day parliament began discussing the government's proposal to abolish Slovakia's public broadcaster RTVS.
Thousands of Slovaks have protested against the proposed reform of the public broadcaster in recent weeks. However, a planned opposition-led demonstration was called off on Wednesday as news of the shooting emerged.
